Leonard



"UNIT STARS AT FERC@ LEONARD J, XVORDEN, OF ll'lIC, NlllV YORK, ASSIGNOR T() IIIMSIGIJI ANI) EDVV'IN L. SWAlt'tWt'tNVl, Olt SAME PLAQIC.

METHOD OF SECURING STRAPS UPON BOOT-LEGS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 19,227, dated January 26, 1858.

T0 all /ww'mit may concern Be it known that I, LEONARD J. lVononN, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State ot' New York, have invented a new and lmproved Mode ot Securing Straps upon Boot- Legs; and I do hereby declare that the tollowing is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a metallic plate. or clasp ot a peculiar construction by means ot which straps are secured upon boot legs in a neat, expeditious and substantial manner without any stitching or sewing whatever.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, l will proceed to describe its construction.

A (Figure l) is a 'front view ot the metallie plate or fastening (being cut out of sheet-metal) showing the external shape as applied to the boot leg C, also a view ot the angular shaped holes B B B B trom which the teeth are formed by cutting through the metal on two sides ot the tooth by suitable dies or any other equivalent means and then bent down from the back part or root ol the tooth when they appear as shown in Fig. 2.

B (Fig. 9,) is a perspective view ot the plate of full size and turned over showing the teeth C O C C projecting upward trom the plate which are placed on the boot leg and driven through both the boot leg and Strap, then it is turned over and the teeth are firmly clenched down upon the strap ot' leather or webbing thus securing the strap in its place in a very iirm and substantial manner without` the aid ot any other appliance whatever, dispensing entirely with the usual labor oit stitching or sewing; the outer presentation is then as shown in ltig. 1. It is evident that the clasp may be made of any desired form or pattern to suit the taste` without changing the nature otl the invention, also that the teeth may be formed on the edge ot the plate and bent down, but this mode is deemed preferable for several reasons.

Having thus described my invention, its advantages over the connnon method will be apparent, as it will be seen this model ot 'fastening diminishes the usual amount ot labor and time required on this kind ot' work and provides a tastening that cheap ot construction, simple in aliplicatioi'i, and a superior article ot manutacture which is very durable, neat and ornamental.

I am aware that metal plates have been used -t'or t'astenings in various ways in the constructions ot harnessesI` carpet bags, book clasps and the like, by rivet pins cast upon the, plate` or by riveting` on the plate b v the use ot separate rivets, and that both straps and leathern belting have been fastened by riveting the parts together by the use o't' separate rivets. l do not therefore claim any such device; but

lVhat l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters' Patent., is-

The fastening of straps upon boot legs by the use ot the toothed clasp A, as l have described it, formed ot' a simple tlat piece ot' sheet metal, with the points or teeth by which it is fastened, punched, or projected from the plate by the use of a punch, die, or other equivalent means, which being angular in their shape, and pointed, are at once a substitute t'or the separate nail or rivet and capable ot being driven through the leather and easily clenched on the opposite side.

LEONARD J. lVORDEN.

Sealed and signed and executed in the presence of- Gnoizen H. CONGAR, DANIEL MORGAN. 

